the families of the hostages of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn t clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three people again, but suggested that their fate wasn t known they might be alive, they might be dead and people might know tonight. and tonight, a third video has been released showing two of the male hostages apparently killed. now the video says they were killed in an israeli air strike it is impossible to verify that claim, and these are very distressing. most of these are very distressing. most o
of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers, and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela el yakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo of their reunion, writing, my precious daughters were returned to me yesterday, a moment etched forever in my memory. emily hand, who turned n
would be released have been put on hold. over the past week, israelis and palestinians had started to get a little more used to scenes like this of reunion and relief, with children in particular the focus of worldwide attention. for the families still waiting, now the question what are the chances that further negotiations can yield a breakthrough? so far, 110 israeli hostages held by hamas have been freed, and 240 palestinians have been released from israeli prisons. these were mostly women, children and teenagers. and in this programme, we want to put the names, faces and stories to those numbers. in that spirt, on tuesday, 84 year old ditza heiman, one of the founders of kibbutz nir oz in israel was released. she is a former social worker and also the widow of a holocaust survivor who came to the uk on the kindertransport. sisters dafna and ela elyakim were freed on sunday after being taken from their father s home, also on kibbutz nir oz. their mother shared this photo
Gangs. Hello, im rich preston, welcome to the daily global where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with some breaking news that hamas has released a new video claiming that two israeli hostages held in Gaza Have died. The video features a woman hostage, speaking under duress, saying that the two men she had been held with, had been killed while in capitivity. The two male hostages have been identified as Yossi Sharabi and itay svirsky. In a statement accompanying the video, the armed wing of hamas said the hostages were killed by Israels Air strikes. The israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has accused hamas of using psychological abuse over the fate of the hostages. 0ur middle East Correspondent Wyre Davies told me more from eastjerusalem. This will be very distressing for
Hello, im rich preston, welcome to the daily global where well bring you the top stories from around the world. We start with some breaking news that hamas has released a new video claiming that two israeli hostages held in Gaza Have died. The video features a woman hostage, speaking under duress, saying that the two men she had been held with, had been killed while in capitivity. The two male hostages have been identified as Yossi Sharabi and itay svirsky. In a statement accompanying the video, the armed wing of hamas said the hostages were killed by Israels Air strikes. The israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has accused hamas of using psychological abuse over the fate of the hostages. Our middle East Correspondent Wyre Davies told me more from eastjerusalem. This will be very distressing for